Illustrating the neoclassical influences that became fashionable in the 1760s, this model combines a squat, oval shape with laurel-swags, a pinecone knop and scrolled volute handles. Decorated with an overglaze ‘bleu nouveau’ ground (introduced in 1763 to replace the underglaze ‘bleu lapis’), it is painted with a playful pastoral scene after François Boucher, reproduced in a print by Gilles Demarteau which has survived at Sèvres to this day. The bucolic theme is taken up in the trophy on the back, featuring bagpipes, shepherds’ crooks and a hat, entwined with flower garlands.